Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fakōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

To explain the anomalous consonant in the modern English decendant, Kroonen reconstructs Proto-Germanic *fakk/gōn an iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”). He suggests the following semantic development: 'to ravel out' > 'to become tired'.[1] Possibly conflated with a factitive construction *fak (“sleepy”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*fakōn

  1. to become tired
  2. to become sleepy

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *fakōn
1st sg. past *fakōdā
Infinitive *fakōn
Genitive infin. *fakōnijas
Dative infin. *fakōnijē
Instrum. infin. *fakōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *fakō *fakōdā
2nd singular *fakōs *fakōdēs, *fakōdōs
3rd singular *fakōþ *fakōdē, *fakōdā
1st plural *fakōm *fakōdum
2nd plural *fakōþ *fakōdud
3rd plural *fakōnþ *fakōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *fakō *fakōdī
2nd singular *fakōs *fakōdī
3rd singular *fakō *fakōdī
1st plural *fakōm *fakōdīm
2nd plural *fakōþ *fakōdīd
3rd plural *fakōn *fakōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *fakō
Plural *fakōþ
Present Past
Participle *fakōndī *fakōd

Descendants

  • Old English: *facian, *faggian
    • Middle English: *faken, *faggen
  • Old Dutch: facon
  • Old High German: *fahhōn
    • Middle High German: vachen

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fakk/gōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 124-125
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